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BY-LAWS. 



Chapter I. — 0/ Members and Fellows. 



1. No person shall be considered a resident member, until he 

 shall have signed the Constitution and paid his initiation fee ; and 

 unless the candidate shall comply with these conditions within six 

 months from the date of his election, such election shall be void. 

 No member in arrears shall be eligible as a fellow. 



2. A resident member or fellow removing permanently from the 

 city, may, on giving notice thereof, and on payment of his arrears, 

 become a corresponding member ; and a corresponding member 

 who removes to the city, with an intention of making it his per- 

 manent residence, may become a resident member, on complying 

 with the provisions of the first section of this chapter. 



3. No person not engaged in the pursuit of some branch of sci- 

 ence shall be elected a corresponding member. 



Chapter II. — Of Original Subscriptions. 



I. Every holder (whether original subscriber, transferee, or leg- 

 atee) of a receipt for the sum of one hundred dollars, paid into the 

 treasury of the New York Lyceum of Natural History towards the 

 liquidation of the debt incurred by the erecting of the building 

 formerly the property of the Lyceum, in Broadway, in this city, 

 shall be entitled for himself and his family to free admission to the 

 Museum of the Academy, and to such public lectures as may be 

 delivered on its behalf, which the members have a right to attend. 

 He shall be entitled to the use of the books of the library ; and 

 shall have the privilege of introducing strangers to the Museum 

 and library, in accordance with the regulations of the Academy. 



Chapter III. — Of Patrons. 



I. Any person may become a Patron of the Academy of Sci- 

 ences by contributing, at one time, one hundred dollars toward the 

 fund for the general purposes of the Society. 



